Flying target



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, F. J. GUR'RAN.

FLYING TARGET. No. 338,633. Patented Mar. 23,1886,-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN J. OURRAN, OF STANFORD, KENTUCKY.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,633, dated March23, 1886.

Application filed July 30, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN J. OURRAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Stanford, in the county of Lincoln and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flying Targets,of which the following is a description.

This invention is an improvement in that class of flying targetscommonly known as pigeons 5 and it consists in the novel coustruct-ionof the target, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of the target, and Fig. 2is a diametrical section thereof.

This target is intended especially for use with the trap for which Ihave filed application for Patent, Serial number 169,236,appli cationfiled June 19, 1885; and the object is to so form the target that it maybe held by the arms of such trap. To this end I form the target A withperipheral notches E RC 0', the notches B B and O C of each pair beingarranged a distance apart less than half the circumference of thetarget. It will also be noticed that the said pairs are arranged onopposite sides of a diametrical line, so thatin case a portion of thetarget including one or both of one pair of the notches be shot away thetarget may be used again, the remaining pair of notches being employed.It will be By this construction the targets will Serial No. 173,112. (Nomodel.)

slip more readily from the pins when the casting-lever is arrested,and aquicker, better operation will consequently be obtained. For the reasonstated I usually employ two pairs of notches arranged on opposite sidesof a diametrical line. In this arrangement the walls of said notchesnext said diametrical line are tapered outward toward the rim of thetarget.

This target may be formed of glass, clay,or other fragile material. Iform the target with circular ribs or ridges, so that the shot will notglance oft.

By my invention it will be seen I avoid all tongues and similarprojections, which are likely to become broken and render the targetuseless, and which when intact serve at times u to render the flight ofthe target irregular and delay such target in flight, so that it cannotbe cast for so great a distance as if itwere free of radial projections.

Manifestly,where so desired,thetarget may FRANKLIN J. OURRAN.

\Vitnesses:

HUGH L. PORTER, SAM M. WILHI'IE.

